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Mourners carry coffins of the victims who were killed in Thursday's bombing on a recruiting center during their funeral in Imam Abbas in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. The recruiting center attack appeared to be in retaliation for the military's response to the insurgency and an effort to dissuade potential new recruits from bolstering the Iraqi army's ranks. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)
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Mourners carry one of the coffins of the victims who were killed in Thursday's bombing on a recruiting center during their funeral in Imam Abbas in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. The recruiting center attack appeared to be in retaliation for the military's response to the insurgency and an effort to dissuade potential new recruits from bolstering the Iraqi army's ranks. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)
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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr crowd a street as they attend open air Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr crowd a street as they attend open air Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr crowd a street as they attend open air Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr crowd a street as they attend open air Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr crowd a street as they attend open air Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Gunmen remove police vehicles destroyed during clashes in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm has taken hold over Fallujah and residents have started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces are stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle. (AP Photo)
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A gunmen clears debris after clashes in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm has taken hold over Fallujah and residents have started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces are stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle. (AP Photo)
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A gunmen clears debris after clashes in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm has taken hold over Fallujah and residents have started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces are stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle. (AP Photo)
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This undated image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Shakir Waheib, a leader in the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), center, searching a government office in Ramadi, in Iraq's Anbar Province. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm took hold over Fallujah on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 and residents started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces were stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle.(AP Photo via militant website)
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This undated image posted on a militant website on Jan. 4, 2014, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Shakir Waheib, a senior member of the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), left, next to a burning police vehicle in Iraq's Anbar Province. With al-Qaida linked fighters and allied tribal gunmen camped on the outskirts, a tentative calm took hold over Fallujah on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 and residents started to return to the besieged city west of Baghdad. Government forces were stationed nearby as sporadic street fighting breaks out in other cities. The picture painted by residents, officials and international groups suggests that both the militants and government forces are preparing for a long standoff with civilians caught in the middle.(AP Photo via militant website)
